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Software tips 'n' tricks
Industry issues
Running a small (or very small) business
Computing for consumers
Non-computer stuff

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Software tips 'n' tricks
For one reason or another I collect tips for popular PC applications. I now have tested archives for the following:

… plus some non-software subjects:

Industry issues
Microsoft .net for non-techies: what's it all about, and where is Microsoft taking us with this thing?

Multimedia Messaging – what's hype and what's happening. Will those text message junkies go overboard for the high-tech future?

 

Running a small business
Accepting credit cards for your online store: not as easy as you'd think. The novice's guide

Come into the garden: Practical issues on setting up a home-based business office in an outbuilding or a spare bedroom

Content management for beginners: from basics (server side includes) to low-cost prepackaged solutions plus a guide to online sources of further information

Desk work(out): simple exercises for the office worker – keep alert, stay awake, avoid RSI and eyestrain, feel fresher and fitter without going too far from your desk

Email marketing: how to implement a killer email campaign without ending up in the Deleted Items folder

Firewalls for beginners: what, why, when
Guerrilla marketing for websites: tactics for launching your website on a minimal budget

Make more of Outlook: more tricks to help you manage your email

Make more of Outlook Express: neat tricks to help you manage your email

Managing your business: review of PC and Mac programs for running business-type invoicing, management and end-of-year accounts, budgeting and previous-period comparisons, maybe VAT.

Online government for business – the progress report.

Perfect presentations: ground rules for how to design and give a presentation

Quick exhibition tricks: how to use PowerPoint to create a kiosk presentation on your stand

Search engine optimisation: pay for an expert or do it yourself?

The cheapskate's guide to advertising: neat tricks and tips to get more for your marketing budget, on- and off-line

The Office alternative: pros, cons and practicalities of switching to StarOffice

Time management tricks: clever ways to make more of your time, both at work and in general.

Viral marketing for beginners: what it is (and isn't). How to do it, how to cock things up. When it works – and when it doesn't

Website design on the cheap: just what can you do yourself to add a sheen of professional style without the professional's fees?

 

PC/IT stuff for consumers
Easy money: a web browser's guide to the best online competitions

Freebie heaven: browser's guide to the best free stuff on the Internet

Home wireless networking: a practical guide to Wi-Fi (the 802.11b protocol), Home RF, and Bluetooth

I hate my computer: the top ten things that are wrong with your PC, and what you can do about them

Managing your money: review of PC and Mac programs for balancing chequebooks, handling project and household budgets, checking or actually creating a tax return

New careers or just new tasks? New-technology jobs, what they involve, whether they represent a serious career choice

Personal finance websites: the best online places to go for (a) usable comparative data on financial products and (b) enough information to run a financial makeover

 

Non-PC stuff
Life coaching – the sceptic's guide. Hot air and Californian psychobabble? Or is there real substance to it?

The investment alternative: a rundown on say 10 potentially risky but possibly lucrative (and very photogenic) alternative investments.

Who needs a pension? Alternative ways to provide for your future – conventional stock-market investments, buying property, ISAs, savings accounts, and more ...